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Subject:Re: What is the best term to use? From:Jan Cohen <najnehoc -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com, Zen C <zenizenc -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:12:09 -0700 (PDT)
I should also mention that applets are often used as front ends in database management. As part of their functionality, they can provide the program interface, with all the required tabs, buttons, and other gizmos, that allow users to perform transactions.
Now back to Zen's original question...
Zen provided the following examples in his (or her - sorry Zen, don't know which) search of correct terminology:
"For example:
You can now make the Payments application a read only to avoid unauthorized access.
You can now make the Payments tab a read only to avoid unauthorized access."
Depends on the context, but might I suggest:
You can now restrict the users of the Payments application to read only access, to avoid unauthorized transactions.
jan c.
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From: Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 12:42:36 AM
Subject: Re: What is the best term to use?
Lauren wrote:
> Java uses the term "applet" but that does not mean that "applet" is
> exclusive to Java technology. Apparently, other programmers have
> adopted the term. I, in my current project, cannot call the applet
by
> another name. It is not a trademarked term, so I don't see why it
> cannot be used to refer to other application technology that refers
to a
> small application in an application. The origin of the term was to
> described a short application and it evolved to refer to small
> applications that run in web browsers (bigger applications). Java
does
> not own the term, but Java technology does use applets.
>
In the link to the standard definitions that I supplied in
my previous message - http://www.answers.com/topic/applet -
the definitions did not all refer specifically to Java technology
but, as I said, they also did not seem to support a simple
definition that an applet is merely a short application
in another application. Most if not all of the definitions
seem to imply that the applet is a runnable application, which
seems to support Jan's point that calling something an
"applet" implies that it's going to run something and
not, as I said previously, that it's a grouped collection
of functional pieces, which is what Zen seemed to be
referring to in his initial request for a term.
-- Janice
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